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In the search for more interesting uses of FOAF, sometime ago I came across someone's FOAF that included some information about the airport that is nearest to them, using the nearestAirport nomenclature.

I was quite interested, as this was something I hadn't seen before, and I like the idea of including all the information possible in my FOAF.

Of course, you should replace "KLOU" and "SDF" with the Airport codes for the airports nearest you. There are two different airport types, ICAO and IATA. You should include both, when possible. The ar-group has a great database to get this information.

That's it. Now people in the FOAF world will know what airports are closest to you. Why would anyone care, you ask? Well, the latitude and longitude for airports is well known, and it makes for a simple way of finding locations of people on a map. Jim Ley has created an excellent map that does just that - plots people on a map of the world, based on their nearestAirport attributes (requires SVG). Add the nearestAirport information to your FOAF, and wait a few days for his crawler to find you, and you should appear. If you don't, feel free to email me and I may be able to help (I'd hate to dump a bunch of emails directly to Jim).